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1. In ACT for Windows, start by choosing FileÆData ExchangeÆExport.

The Export Wizard dialog box appears.

2. From the “File type” drop-down list, choose Text-Delimited. Specify a folder lo-

cation and name for your exported file (call it Exported Contacts, for example).

Click Next, and click Next on the next screen, too.

Now you’re asked “Which contact or group records do you want to export?”

3. Click “All records,” and then click Next.

Now you see a list of the fields (information tidbits like City, State, and Zip) that

ACT is prepared to export. You can save yourself time later if you take a moment

now to remove the ones you don’t need (click its name and then click Remove

Field).

4. Click Finish.

If you plan to import your addresses into a commercial program like Now Contact,

transfer the Exported Contacts file to the Mac (see Chapter 5), and then import

them into Now Contact. The tricky part is making sure that the order of the fields

appears in the order Now Contact expects, which may entail some trial, error, and

returning to the ACT Export Wizard screen described in step 3 (where you can

rearrange the field order).

If your aim is to import the addresses into Microsoft Entourage on the Mac, or

Mac OS X’s own Address Book program, though, read on.

5. Open Outlook Express.

Yes, Outlook Express for Windows, the free program that comes ...